NAPOLI striker Ezequiel Lavezzi is planning to fly his lucky mascot, son Tomas, 7,000 miles to Stamford Bridge tomorrow to make sure Chelsea are turfed out of the Champions League.

Argentina star Lavezzi has scored six goals in his past five games since Tomas, six, started going to watch and wants him to be there for the second leg of the last-16 tie when Napoli defend a 3-1 lead.

Until the beginning of February, Lavezzi had scored just four goals in 26 games. But as soon as Tomas, who lives with his mother in Argentina, arrived, the goals started to flow.

Lavezzi, who is separated from the boy’s mother, grabbed two in Napoli’s thumping of Chelsea three weeks ago when Tomas was in the stands.

“Chelsea have had problems and we need to exploit their weaknesses and doubts. We need to score and if we can do that then I believe we will go through.”

Napoli defender Paolo Cannavaro has predicted there will be “fighting and suffering” at Stamford Bridge.

“We will fight to the maximum,” he said. “It is a matter of fear. The Arsenal-AC Milan match last week was definitely a warning for us, and we know what awaits. But as for intensity and aggression, we will be there. There will be fighting and suffering.

“We must forget the 3-1 lead, otherwise it could be harmful.”

Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri will not be on the touchline as he is still banned after shoving Villarreal striker Nilmar during a group game. But he has ordered his team to be “clever” and go for the early goal which will kill off Chelsea.

Mazzarri said: “We need to score one goal and need to have faith we can do that. We know Chelsea have had problems, so we have big hopes that we can go through.

“But we have to play with brains. We have to be clever, not think about the crowd or the stadium.”

Assistant manager Nicolo Frustalupi, who will take charge in the dugout, believes Chelsea will be a more dangerous animal after Roberto Di Matteo replaced the sacked Andre Villas-Boas.

“It will be much more difficult and intense,” he said. “After the departure of a manager, players always feel responsible and want to do something.”

Juan Mata has urged Chelsea to follow Arsenal’s example as they almost pulled of a miraculous comeback against Milan – and tear into Napoli from the first minute.

Mata believes his team-mates can become one of only a handful of teams to overturn a two-goal deficit in the competition.

Mata said: “In football, nothing is impossible. We had good results in the group at Stamford Bridge. It’s going to be like a cup a final for us and the crowd will be behind us.

“From the first minute we have to try to create chances to score.”

Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole, left on the bench by Villas-Boas in Naples, are likely to be called into action tomorrow.

Di Matteo said: “We will have to be balanced because Napoli’s threat on the counter-attack is very good and they have a number of players who can hurt you.”